Which agreement at the convention postponed any federal ban on the importation of enslaved people until 1808?
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Correct answer: The Slave Trade Compromise
To secure the support of the Deep South, the delegates agreed that Congress could not prohibit the 'migration or importation' of persons until 1808. This twenty-year moratorium allowed the continued legal expansion of slavery.
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